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iensii'e in construction and in syndication to the our but the, sainewere also lgzrngeions inasmuch as they were liebte to be puiied oi fromtheeair and unse injur7 to the treininen attempting' to usenthem.

It is to object or this invention to jirov'd'e a1 .iaufder which isverja simple und inexprnf sire in construction ind which when applied tothe ezir is not izriie to give wry so that the safety ottiie trniinnenis not gered. li g Y In the accompanying drawings: Figure "l is eperspective view of a freight our equipped with my improved iadder. F 2-is a horizontal section thereof, on an lenlarged Sonie, taken in line l.Fig. 3 is o Yertica section in Atine 3---3 Fig.

Similar chmf'neters of reference indios-te oorresnonding partsthroughout the severed rie-Ws. 1

Although my iin-proved ladder may be used in various pinces ti' ed inthe' drawings apniieo to a bei; freight r the body oi which ooinprisesa, Wai T, an end. wail 2, and a top or roof 3.'

fy improved ladder may be appiied to the side and end miie as weil; asto the roof of the ear body und comprises e plurality of sections whichare arranged in vertioai tiers or rows and each owhieh is constructed asfoliows:

L represents n horizontal supporting bar,

6, 6 tivo guard-arms each connected at oneV end with one end of thesupporting bor and projecting ietereiiy therefrom and 5t two fasteningor ottnehing shrinks' enen eonneeted e'tone end with tiie other end ofone of the guard arms and i ming its opposite end provided 'with an.external screw thread T, as shown 'in l? Q and 3. The supporting bar,guard arms and fastening shunks are meferabiy' formed intograily bybending the endenseine into the orindesoribedfrom :i single rod ofA ironor other metal.

njits and side Wallis and dso in its root the earv body is provided witha piurality of pairs of ,openings S, 8 Whieinl are adapted to receivethe pair 'of fastening sin-inks of one of the edder s- Si, 9 representpair of sip-seing each of which arranged on one o'v th fastening Shanksand engages et one end with, the shonider formed by the adjacent guard'arm yWhie its opposite end fbeers against one side vof the adjacent waitor roof 'of dthe oar body on which .the ia-dder is ,eine is represent,

mounted. l0. 10 represent a pair of @lmnp-- ing sereni nuts 'eacharranged on the thread ed portion of one of said shanks rind bearingagainst the opposite side of Said weil or roof of the our body. Thoseladder sections Whioii. ere mounted on the verticzi Weils-of the. Carrbody here their fastening Shanks arranged horiizootaiiv, their guardgrins depending* from the Shanks and the supporting t r of each' seetionconnected 1Witirthe 1 1lower ends of guard arms so that the latter serveto prevent the hands or feetpiaced on the supiforting bar from slippingoff the ends thereof. The spire-ing sleeves heid the guard arms und.supporting oar off each seotion lthe required distance spurt from theenr body so as to permit of obtaining n good 'find i'eiiabie hand holdor 'foot heid on said supporting bei'.

.By extending the 'fastening siinnks through openings in the ear bodyund up piylng retaining ineens to the ini r ends thereof. suoli esohimping soirees, it is nnpossibie for the indder section he pulled oi"from the om: body by the usuai ioid iniposed upon it. thereby nrnisinn,fr perfectly safe end reiiibe mennen" efr-eer the Workman may seend theeer body or de soend therefrom Without any possibiit; of

being injured.

oonstrneting the y guard arms and .fastening .manner described andessein'i on the ear with the spacing s... @send eianipingnns n muchcheaper construction of iudder is prec'uoed than t uit heretofore in usewith the added advantage of greater security tothe Workmen. :md greateresse of zippljxiiig the sume ro the enr body,

'einini :is my invention:

l. )L ladder comprising o, horizontal sup- Mii l `mengsels porting har,tuo guard arms arranged at opposite endsof the supporting har and at anangle thereto', and fastening Shanks eacl of uniform diameter andprojecting later-` ally from one of the guard arms and adapted-to passthrough on opening in the Wall adapted to receive the ladder, said har,arms and shanks being lient from a single rod of metal which is of thesanie size throughou itslength.

A. ladder comprising a horizontal supporting har, two guard arinsarranged at opposite ends of the supporting har and at 'Y an anglethereto, fastening Shanks each of uniform diameter 'and projectinglaterally from, one of the guard arms and adapted to pass through anopening in the Wall adapted to receive the ladder, said har, arms andShanks being hent from a single rod of metal AWhioh is oi' the same sizethroughout its length. and spacing sleeves each arranged on one of saidShanks and adapted to hear at its Louter end against .one of said guardarms .and at its inner end against one side of saidA wall.

3. A ladder comprising a horizontal supporting har, two guard-'armsarranged at opposite ends of the supporting har and at an angle thereto7fastening shanks each of uniform diameter and projecting laterally fromone oftheguard arms and adapted to pass throu'ghau opening 1n the Walladapted 'to receive the ladder, sa1d bar, arms and Shanks being bentfrom a single rod of Inetal which is of the same size throughout itslength, spacing 4sleeves each arranged on one of said Shanks and adaptedto bear at its outer end against one of said guard arms.

and at its inner end against one side of said Wall, and screws arrangedon saidshanks and bearing against the opposite side of 'said Wall'.

4:. The combination of a Wall provided with a pair of openings, and aladder mounted on said Wall and comprising a horizontal supporting bar,guard arms each connected at one end with one end ofsaid supporting barand projecting therefrom at right angles thereto, fastening Shanks eachof uniform diameter and projecting laterally from .the

I,other end of one of said guard arms and` LAWRENCE T. JOHNSON.`Witnesses THEO. L. Porn, E. M. GRAHAM.

